13 ON THE WRONG TRACK

CHAPTER 13 ON THE WRONG TRACK CHOMP! Alexander thought of hungry tunnel fish as he shoveled macaroni into his mouth. "Mrmmh," he said, scooting his chair back. "You're finished already?" his dad asked. "Yeah, Dad." Alexander headed to the door. "I'm meeting my friends in ten minutes."

第十三章走错路了！当亚历山大把通心粉塞进嘴里时，他想到了饥饿的隧道鱼。 “嗯，”他说着，把椅子往后挪了挪。 “你已经做完了？”他爸爸问。 “是的,爸爸。”亚历山大朝门口走去。 “我十分钟后要见我的朋友。”

His dad gave a double thumbs-up. "Good for you, AI! Playing with your new friends... Call if you need anything!" The sun was setting when Alexander arrived at the old kickball diamond. STATEMENT COMMUNITY KICKBOARD DIAMOND

他爸爸竖起了两个大拇指。 “好样的，AI!”和你的新朋友一起玩…… 有什么需要就打电话！”当亚历山大到达旧足球场时，太阳已经落山了。 声明社区踢水板钻石

"Hey, Salamander!" Rip stood near home plate, talking to a girl Alexander hadn't seen before. She had a long ponytail and was holding a flashlight. Alexander trotted over. "Hi, I'm Alexan" He froze. "Wait. Nikki? Where's your hoodie?" Nikki shrugged. "I only wear it during the day." "Enough chitchat," Rip said. "Tell us what S.S.M.P. stands for!" "Okay," said Nikki. "Follow me!" She led the boys through the outfield, stopping near a stretch of rusty railroad track. "Here we are!" Nikki said. She shone her flashlight on an old train car parked on the tracks a caboose.

“嘿,蝾螈!”里普站在本垒板附近，和一个亚历山大以前没见过的女孩说话。 她梳着长长的马尾辫，手里拿着手电筒。 亚历山大小跑过来。“嗨，我是亚历山大。”他僵住了。 ”等。妮可?你的连帽衫呢？”尼基耸耸肩。 “我只在白天戴它。” “闲聊够了，”瑞普说。 “告诉我们S.S.M.P.代表什么！”“好吧，”妮基说。 “跟我来!”她领着孩子们穿过外场，在一段生锈的铁轨附近停了下来。 “我们到了！”尼基说。 她用手电照着停在铁轨上的一节旧火车车厢。

Alexander stared at the initials. "S.S.M.P. is a railroad?" "Yep," said Nikki. "It's the old Stermont Superfast Mountain Pacific Railroad. It stopped running years ago." "What's a run-down railroad got to do with a monster notebook?" asked Rip. "Beats me," said Alexander. "But there must be a connection! Let's peek inside and BRUMBBUGGRUMMM! "What's that noise?" Rip asked.

亚历山大盯着那首字母。 “S.S.M.P.是一条铁路？”“是的，”妮基说。 “这是老斯特蒙特超高速山地太平洋铁路公司。 它几年前就停止运行了。” “一条破旧的铁路和一个怪物笔记本有什么关系？”里普问。 “我不知道，”亚历山大说。 “但这其中一定有联系！”让我们看一看里面和BRUMBBUGGRUMMM！“那是什么声音？”Rip问道。

"Look!" Nikki yelled. "The pitcher's mound... It's moving!" Just then, a spiky fin burst from the dirt. A scaly beast bulldozed its way toward the kids, chomping everything in its path. "Run!" shouted Alexander.

“看!”尼基喊道。“投手丘…… 是移动!”就在这时，一条带刺的鳍从泥土里钻了出来。 一只长着鳞片的野兽向孩子们冲来，把路上的一切都咬得粉碎。 “快跑！”亚历山大喊道。